Examination of health as an economic good and the economics of health services. Topics include international comparison of health services systems, private versus public financing, consequences of information asymmetry between buyers and sellers of medical services, and valuation of life and health in cost-benefit analysis.

Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Health Sciences 3090B if taken in 2016. Antirequisite(s) at King's campus: Economics 2192A/B if taken at King’s University College in 2022-2023.

Prerequisite(s): Economics 1021A/B and Economics 1022A/B, or Economics 2001A/B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.